Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Poetry Out Loud
After watching several performances off of the Poetry Out Loud website, the one that grabbed my attention the most was Allison Strong, reciting "Sonnet CXXX My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun", by William Shakespeare. The most prominent aspect of this performance was her voice and articulation. Throughout the entire poem, Allison had a loud and clear voice which completely grabbed the listener in. With the challenging rhyme scheme in this poem, she also did an excellent job of keeping everything smooth, and not reciting in a song like way. Also, Allison had a fantastic physical presence, because she constantly had confidence.
Personally, I believe this poem is trying to show that poetry usually has false comparisons which sugar-coats everything, completely skipping out on reality. By comparing his mistress's lips to coral and saying the coral is redder, and saying her hair is like black wires, Shakespeare is showing that she simply isn't perfect, however this isn't necessarily a bad thing to him. By the end, he says "And yet, by heaven, I think my love is rare, As any she belied with false compare". In my opinion this is saying that no matter what he says about his mistress, it doesn't affect the way he loves her. From his poem, I believe he wants to convey that false comparisons aren't necessary in poetry. Allison helps to show this meaning by changing the dramtization level in her voice during certain parts of the poem. For example, at the beginning she had a loud, and almost mocking tone in her voice, but by the end she became thoughtful, showing the contemplation of why anyone would create unrealistic comparisons.
Personally, I believe this poem is trying to show that poetry usually has false comparisons which sugar-coats everything, completely skipping out on reality. By comparing his mistress's lips to coral and saying the coral is redder, and saying her hair is like black wires, Shakespeare is showing that she simply isn't perfect, however this isn't necessarily a bad thing to him. By the end, he says "And yet, by heaven, I think my love is rare, As any she belied with false compare". In my opinion this is saying that no matter what he says about his mistress, it doesn't affect the way he loves her. From his poem, I believe he wants to convey that false comparisons aren't necessary in poetry. Allison helps to show this meaning by changing the dramtization level in her voice during certain parts of the poem. For example, at the beginning she had a loud, and almost mocking tone in her voice, but by the end she became thoughtful, showing the contemplation of why anyone would create unrealistic comparisons.
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